Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-13
Fires and Casualties.

Clarksburg, w. Va, had $4,000 fire on
the 4th.
Two hotels were burned, by incendiary
fire at Dunkirk, N. Y, on the 5th; loss $75,-
600, insurance very small
A passenger train was wrecked Thursday
afternoon near Greenwood Va, and the
baggage master killed and dozen passen-
gers injured.
At Nashville, Tenn, the New Era Touring
n were totally destroyed by fire on the
9TH, the fire originating from hot box;
loss 900. insurance S32, 600.
TWENTY-FIVE buildings, embracing two
squares of the village Of Bowling Green,
Wood county, Ohio, were destroyed by fire,
on the 4th, which broke out in bake
The Coroner's jury investigating the
recent railway accident at st. Thomas.
Ont, have returned verdict that the
accident was due to the carelessness of the
officials and employees of the Grand Trunk
Railway company. Conductor Spettigue
was committed on charge OF man
slaughter.
Thursday morning fire broke out in q
cracker bakery at Baltimore, Md, and be-
fore its progress was stayed, candy fac
tory, two agricultural warehouses, two
grain commission houses and book store
were burned. Two firemen lost their lives.
The loss on property destroyed exceeds
100000.
An incendiary fire at Evansville, Ind, on
the 3rd destroyed 1000, 600 feet of lumber,
in lumber yards, a large warehouse CON
tanning grain, general merchandise and
tobacco, two dwellings, several stables and
10 cars OF grain on the Peoria, Decatur &
Evansville r. r. Loss $4,000, insurance
nearly 100000.
Friday night Franklin, Pa, was visited
with q cyclone and the western part Of the
city was inundated. A fifteen thousand
barrel tank of oil was struck by lightning
and set on fire, but fortunately controlled
or the largest Oil works in the world would
have been destroyed. The damage by fire
amounted to $4,000.
On Saturday, while Mrs. Owen Hale, liv-
ing near Etna, Pa, was gone to carry her
husbands supper to furnace where he
worked, one OF her children poured some
and burning the four children SO seriously
that one died shortly after and the Others
are not expected to recover.
Cincinnati, Ohio, had cyclone toucb
Friday afternoon, blowing down barn
and house on Vine ST., hill In the latter
eight men were at work, carpenters and
masons; the house was literally broken To
pieces and thrown down the hill in q bean:
the carpenters were only slightly hurt, but
the two masons were morta1ly wounded
At Tuscola, H., the wife Of James HAYNES
was trampled to death by mad bull, while
attempting to drive the bull out Of the front
door yard. She fought the animal as lone
as her strength held out, and as no one
came to her assistance her life was trarnnlad
and gored ont before the eyes Of her two
little children. She was shockingly man.
gled. -
During the 5th, fifty tons of rock fell in
the eastern end of the Cascade tunnel, in
Oregon, now building by the Northern
Pacific railroad, killing four men and
Woundlng several Others. It is thought
none OF the wounded viii die The men
claim that the contractors were careless
and did not timber the tunnel fast enough
to keep up with the boring. 81 s
Mrs. W. q. Lisle of Lansingburg, N. q.
took the cars for Glens Fall. Tuesday
afternoon. When the train was slowing m
at 1T: Edward, she became suddenly ex-
cited and threw one of her children off the
train and with another one in her arms
jumped of, only to be crushed to death
with her child, under the wheels. The
other child was pulled from the track r.
time to save its life
At East Saginaw, Mich, at hall past lffye,
Wednesday evening fire started in the saw.
mlH OF Jn0. u. Owen, Of that city, and